i.a.a. rotterdam, nl 2026

Isaac André Akwue
strategist who builds.

I turn ambiguous cultural, market, and technology questions into models, pipelines, and decisions people can use.

selected work

systems & research, 2023 → 2026

A measurement system for bilateral cultural flows between countries, using music and related signals as proxies for cultural exchange.

The starting question was strategic and vague — which cultures are gaining ground, where, and how would you know? The answer became an original measurement framework, an ETL-style data pipeline, gravity-model benchmarking, and client-facing reporting built to hold up in a commercial strategy conversation.

role framework · pipeline · analysis · reporting shape bilateral country pairs, longitudinal status explorable in the lab

A prototype intelligence suite and conversational workflow for exploring cultural-market signals — the measurement engine above, turned into something a strategist or buyer can actually sit in front of.

The work here was product framing and interface logic: deciding what questions the tool should answer, designing the AI workflow behind it, and building the demo narrative that makes the system legible to a non-technical audience.

role product framing · interface logic · ai workflow design form prototype interface + conversational layer

MSc research on intellectual monopoly theory and the institutional conditions that shape dominance in emerging technology markets.

An original framework tested with mediated and moderated regression — asking why some early technology markets consolidate into monopoly positions while others stay contested, and what that means for anyone trying to enter one.

method mediated & moderated regression field innovation economics, erasmus university mark graded 9.0 for academic rigour

Independent research on Gen Z, social media, and climate-change content for a global communications organization.

End-to-end ownership: research design, trend analysis of digital advocacy, a 46-page report, and a final presentation of findings to the global leadership team.

role research design · analysis · executive presentation output 46-page report + leadership briefing

Custom AI workflows, agent harnesses, and knowledge tooling used to accelerate research, coding, and analysis — including the pipeline that helps run my own job search.

Treated as method, not theme: the point is traceable, inspectable work that moves faster, not AI as a branding layer.

practice llm workflows · agent harnesses · automation stance ai as working method, not slogan

lab

working data products

Cultural Flows Explorer

An interactive dashboard built on the Cultural Flows Index — country-pair flows, trend views, and the analytical choices behind them, presented the way I would hand a data product to a client.

status: in build · shipping here soon

cultural-flows-explorer / preview →

about

the short version

My work starts with a vague strategic question and ends with something you can use.

I work across innovation strategy, data systems, applied AI, and cultural intelligence. The pattern that connects the work: making complex cultural or market behaviour legible enough to act on — a measurement frame, a pipeline, an analysis, an interface, a report.

My method is research-informed and practical. Strategy sets the question; building makes the answer usable. I'm comfortable with messy, cross-cultural data and problems that arrive without a clean brief — a habit formed living and working across Singapore, London, Barcelona, New York, and the Netherlands.

focus innovation strategy × data systems × applied ai toolkit r · javascript · data pipelines · econometric modelling · llm & agent workflows · report & interface design education msc management of innovation, erasmus university rotterdam · bsc international business, university of twente

contact

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isaac.a.akwue@gmail.com